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CVE-2017-6747· NVD / CVE Program· CNA cisco

A vulnerability in the authentication module of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypa

A vulnerability in the authentication module of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass local authentication. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of authentication requests and policy assignment for externally authenticated users. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating with a valid external user account that matches an internal username and incorrectly receiving the authorization policy of the internal account. An exploit could allow the attacker to have Super Admin privileges for the ISE Admin portal. This vulnerability does not affect endpoints authenticating to the ISE. The vulnerability affects Cisco ISE, Cisco ISE Express, and Cisco ISE Virtual Appliance running Release 1.3, 1.4, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, or 2.1.0. Release 2.2.x is not affected. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvb10995.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Aug 7, 2017
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
5.5% · 92th percentile
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Action score

41

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
2 / 30 · 5.5%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
ciscoidentity services engine

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • cisco identity services engine1.3(0.722)
  • cisco identity services engine1.3(0.876)
  • cisco identity services engine1.3(0.909)
  • cisco identity services engine1.3(106.146)
  • cisco identity services engine1.3(120.135)
  • cisco identity services engine1.4(0.109)
  • cisco identity services engine1.4(0.181)
  • cisco identity services engine1.4(0.253)
  • cisco identity services engine1.4(0.908)
  • cisco identity services engine2.0_base
  • cisco identity services engine2.0(0.147)
  • cisco identity services engine2.0(0.169)
  • cisco identity services engine2.0(0.222)
  • cisco identity services engine2.0(1.130)
  • cisco identity services engine2.1_base
  • cisco identity services engine2.1(0.474)
  • cisco identity services engine2.1(0.800)
  • cisco identity services engine2.1(102.101)

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (cisco). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • n/a Cisco Identity Services Engine

    • Cisco Identity Services Engineaffected

Same product

cisco: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2025-20281Cisco ISE API Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution VulnerabilityKEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2025-20337Cisco ISE API Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution VulnerabilityKEV
    90Now
  • CVE-2026-76460Cisco Identity Services Engine Authentication Bypass VulnerabilityKEV
    74This week
  • CVE-2025-20282Cisco ISE API Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    52Plan
  • CVE-2022-20964A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Identity Services Engine could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inj
    44Plan
  • CVE-2026-20186Cisco Identity Services Engine Multiple Authenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    41Plan

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-287 · Improper Authentication

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

Authentication is added route by route instead of being enforced in one place. When a route added later bypasses the shared middleware, the session check never runs for it.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-287 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
app.use("/admin", requireSession, adminRouter);
// Route added later skips the middlewareapp.post("/admin-api/config", updateConfig);

Fixed

ts
const admin = express.Router();admin.use(requireSession, requireRole("admin"));
admin.post("/config", updateConfig);app.use("/admin", admin);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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